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Introduction to Summary Care Record
The Health and Social Care Information Centre is planning for every patient in England to have an electronic record called the Summary Care Record (SCR). This is also called the National Summary and sometimes, the GP Summary or NHS Care Record.
The Summary Care Record is a copy of key information from the GP Record and provides authorised healthcare professionals with a faster, secure access to essential information about the patient. The National Summary is a means of ensuring that a summary of their care and treatment are held in a single, easily accessible, electronic record.
It stores an individual's personal details, such as their address and date of birth, along with their health and care history. It includes information such as the medications the patient is taking, as well as details of any allergies and drug intolerances they have experienced. If the patient has consented to additional information being included in their SCR, then details of medical diagnoses, immunisation etc are also included. See Patients with Full SCR Consent for further details.
